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MKRICAN LEAGUE RACE
VETS BREAK
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HH BOK only club
B(0 GIVEI ATHLETICS RUN
BfCkkaca Cannot Do It Un
ipiaa -M Walah Cornea
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Mm RALPH L. YORKER
WMfcoRT, Mins, March 2.-’Ua-
Ml|M V theJUhtetics’ veteran pitcb
this aeaaon there won t
mhr mm hi the American league,
Jennings of the Tigers
ifiagnhr way that the other clubs
Wk9BBBA oan get to the Pbiladei
pJpjEfctOiWeah down Plana.
iBB'SSo to this much hope lor us
likely not to be able to
'tpA 'flfsn hie illness of last year
"fßfa/flsil - admits that he may
HElwe to get Into shape this
WSL tßldir, yon know, can’t last
■Hk althoogh they have
hie downfall for years.
HHceOtWSt Plank says that he
ia an effort to get into
jjjEihewi that he realises that he
fi ptm >■■! the age where he Uas
iWitfle need to be. The fact that
weakness to himself is
»%e Sigh lor the other clubs In
K3||' Plank’s position can do
iiapßimt he honestly thinks that
lIHMrvAo soon as Plank begins
SHpiireorn ability he is-gone.
IPpaf Os a veteran pitcher is large
mm*-* owa imagination
MmSmjmlmea confidence in him-
Kfllofthe White Six. is a
gpfhp'enampto of a man who has
KlgMKlMf «■ Imagination tor
m*NMh** about 82 years old.
iKylHi Abraya remained young in
aa* aotlona He doesn’t
Bijptet he Is old. He beHeves
Hits m good as a youngster and
mmm etching Jest aa If he were
■■mair harem that aa a pitch.
* Joke except that he wine
which, of course it must be
|||§pc the pshnary object oi
SfSff w« he Watched closely
gigHHto nee Jest how far he can
Oppi' Mi liaa hag a good deal of
hare than possible
lieWl hhn permanently die
hea aoma cood vouna
SfEftprth*4tgletlce!btit they
MMb'figpenfied upon the way the
heen In the pest. *
Mflpi rest of Made’s team
seems to be no
fill no the wonderful hit
mßßEmm that he has.
II .UmMhtnnm ml by Cleveland to
MMiipigne and the loss of Joe
Peston dub for the
Hfi the aeeeon makes the
that much easier for
mm* *U net suffered an oper
||OMr ■ appaaflcitls each a abort
have looked to the
give the Athletics a real
for
wjj%s*w&&B£ hhn Boston is not
tmd a good bnnch of
hit k lho loss of Falkenberg
mmmm a whole lot to them. Asa
the leas of falky may
Hf'.ll-i benefit to the Naps.
■Hip departure gives some
■Mir A chenoe that he would
received, and that
MMNHr ikay prove to be better
hlmeelt Falkenberg is a
Zy&r igfihaa In-and-eut career. Ever
Joined the Washington
■MHffii nltemated hit good years
pretty consistently.
» AM y9KT lllia nuui*
m*M&: ••• Cleveland club would
good" many games which
lltfyiflkWiht hava won.
of the White Sox.
■ivMlpit this year the Chicago club
iKßMfcf 889 we wHI have to depend
Athletics out. But
do Is entirely proble
he satisfied that he
<rt *P **** ** shows s lot
the spring camp. He went
IliMßto ageing training last year
had then fell down
work.
SfffHMKTlrtmtf pick up a few good
mmm * g°°6 hitter or two we
our heels to most
Ih fiha league, but it is
say very definite
iSPnLMet our prospects as yet.
llKilUtelh the hopeful sUge."
■HMdffipeleß have just been
MBBBL'Hi'-. department of
anew motorcycle
IMi EvZr “ • ———
||Jrjra Started In Gulfport With
Wmbe.Corning of a Fall of Snow
fev From e Staff Correspondent.
|§HP*» Muth a. —A no* arm hn been started in Gulfport.
HpMtJW *llll talking about the wonderful fall of mow
BAdtb# TUMI’ camp hare laat week.
(hit soger »now that It likely to fall in I)e
- weeks of the Fourth of July.
MHKfM could tee aereml flakes falling. When they
HHpHhgA. fpgy> hPMbsdtstsly disappeared
IfSBFISi»4 paver wan a fall of enow before. The
HhSu&MP tWNflf (hat It wa* Feb. 14, 1899. since there had
that It waa Mardl Gras day then It
y&& r £WmWfco that It fall thla year.
tl Ollfport for several minutes while prop-
to watch the beautiful. The tele
**£&&) Jfem-PkiiWlßilan. Central gave no response. for
jßwi.Oa f»t fall that day with terrific bead*
** yonker
SPORTS OF
f
OSCAR STANAGE
MADE RED M’KEE
A BIG LEAGUER
Tiier Second String Backstop
Says That Spin is Man
Who Made Him
CALLS OSCAR THE BEST
IN EITHER BIG LEAGUE
Says He Knows Batters and
Pitchers Batter Than Any
Other Man in Game
From a 8 toss Correspondent.
GULFPORT, Mias., March 2.—Os
car Stanage. Tiger catcher, ia the
greatest In either big league, accord
ing to “Red” McKee, the man who is
slated for Oscar's job If the big Call*
fqrnian should be forced at any time
In the near future to quit the game.
McKee claims the right to pick the
real catcher of the majors from the
experience he has had in breaking
Into the backstopping game, from
watching every catcher In the Ameri
can league and from watching the
beat of them in the National.
“There’s nothing about the game
that Stanage doesn’t know “ said Red
today. “Ha’s the wisest fellow in
the game. He haa every batter in
the league catalogued in his mind
and he haa evet7 pitcher on the dab
■lied up to the smallest detail.
“Stanage has made me what I am
aa a big league catcher. I doubt that
t would have been able to stick with
the Tigers this past year if it had
not been for the great assistance that
Stanage gave me.
•*l have worked with and under a
whole lot of good catchers in the
short time that 1 have been In base
ball, but I never found any of them
who would give a youngster as much
information and do it patiently and
willingly as Stanage. ! know that I
cun aak him anything 1 like and that
he will do hie best to explain it to
me. 1 have found a lot that I couldn't
do that to.
. “Next to Stanage. Nig Clarke le
probably the beet catcher in the game
to help out young fellows. He was
the first one to give me some reel In
struction end (hen came Stanage.’*
The mechanical parts of catching,
the receiving of halls from the pitch
er and the throwing, are parts of the
game that every man must practical
ly learn for himself. No two men
have exactly the seme form but each
must find ont for himself just how
he can handle himself the best
Bat la the handling of pitchers on
a dub and the slxlng up of batters
advice from an old head like Stanage
Is Invaluable. Many a catcher who
knows the batters of the league to
Worth a lot to a club after ho haa lost
any real ability la the mechanical end
of the game. Ira Thomas of the Ath
letics to kept with the Philadelphia
club as a coach even though he to
never used behind the bat.
McJtee hopes to get into more
games this coming season than he did
last year, but if Stanage to in top
notch shape all aeasoa Rod’s chances
arc rather slim. However, McKee
has hit wfell and Inasmuch as he bats
left-handed he may be used against
right-handed pitchers very often while
Btanage is reserved to dout the south
paws, as Oscar hita right-handed.
_ YONKBR.
A motorcycle dub was recently
formed at Conoord, N. H. It haa be
come affiliated with the Federation of
-American Motorcyclists
“Red” McKee's First Year In Professional Baseball
Is One of the Dime Novel Tales of the National Game
From a Staff Correspondent .
Gulfport, miss., Mareii 2.
—During Red McKee's
first yaar in profstslenal
baseball, that of 1909, he wae
with sight different clubs. Bine#
the beginning of 1910 he has been
the property of five others, play
ed with four and made five Jumps
to and from clubs.
His first year in the national
game Is one of the dims novel ex
periences of a big leaguer. Never
before probably has a man had
such a varied and unique experi
ence as the Tiger second-etrlng
backstop.
Mckee started out under the
auspices of A. B. Burkhart, who
THE DETSOIT TIMES, MONDAY. MARCH J. 1114.
Mayor Nearly Busts Up World Series With
Coppers Because He Couldn’t Get a Seat
By HUGH 8. FULLERTON.
Charles W. Murphy is gone from
baseball, and It is apropos to tell
some of the unprinted things that
marked his stormy career of eight
years as owner of the Chicago dub.
Some of the long hidden truth is com
ing out; but no one outside the Cub
office ever will know how much hap
pened during that eventful epoch.
Did you know that once only the
Intervention of one man prevented
the calling off of one world's series
and the stopping of the third game of
that series?
It was in 1908. Chicago had won
the National league pennant after a
desperate struggle, winning the play
off of the tie from New York in a
wonderful battle on the Polo grounds.
The feeling was tense. The Chicago
players were beaten, mobbed, then
bombarded in their club house after
their victory.
They fled from New York. Just as
they were rushing for their train, the
national commission telegraphed de
ciding upon Detroit. President Mur
phy was on the train. At Chicago
the office force was busy selling tick
ets and all Chicago was demanding
them.
During that rush for Uckets Mayor
Fred Busse’s private secretary ac
companied by Jimmy Markham, sec
retary of the police, went to the Cub
offices to see about tickets for Mayor
Busse. Markham knew Murphy’s sec
retary, Thomas, and started to In
troduce the mayor's secretary.
“You know Mr. ,” he said.
“No,” said Thomas, “but I know
you—you’re a.”
Mayor Busse was told about It
“Call a patrol wagon,” he said. “Go
get that fellow. Bring him to my of
fice and I'll talk to him.”
A patrol wagon loaded with police
obeyed. The mayor said a few things.
Little Stories of
The Knuckledusters
■YH.A. BALUUMCR.
Chicago boxing fans are looking to
Packsy McFarland for a revival of
the game in the Illinois metropolis.
Althoogh the lid is still theoretically
“on,” McFarland and Phil Harrison
are staging a two-round bout In a Chi
cago theater every day and they're
getting by with it.
Boxing has been under the baa
since 1805, and several contests simi
lar to those In which Packey to
pearing have been stopped by the po
lice.
The seeming indifference of the po
lice to leading sportsmen v ot that city
to predict that the lid to sheet to be
pries off and boxing resumed under
the supervision at a city cocun lesion
Properly conducted matches would
prove a big thing for Chicago sports,
and would mean a saint of money to
the management of otuhs. Crooked
business was responsible tor the shah
down In 1905.
Reports from Akron state that
Johnny Griffith, whose New Orleans
bout with Joe Mandot was postponed
indefinitely early in the week, is really
suffering from smallpox instead of
chickenpox, as first reported. Johnny
and all his family are quarantined in
their home, and it will be three weeks
before they will be allowed ont of tne
boose.
Freddie Welsh, doughty British mlt
slinger, recently broke Into print with
a comparison of English and American
fighting methods With the assurance
characteristic of a true British sub
ject Welsh takes'occasion severely to
criticise the ring generalship of Amor
li—n pugilists.
“In the American style the chief
mistake lies in opposing round hitting
with round hitting—semi-circular work
with similar efforts—whereas some
other method should be adopted. TbiA
is wrong In principle, radically wrong,
and to opposed to most of the leading
features of science,” said the British
champion.
’The English system teaches that
straight hitting ia quicker, more effec
tive and aster than round hitting. The
attained much fame and little
money aa the owner, president,
manager and groundkeeper of the
Pag I new club In the Pouthem
Michigan league. Burkhart saw
McKee playing with an amateur
club In Paglnaw. Red waa a coal
"miner at the time. Me signed
with the Paglnaw club.
Immediately after McKee had
signed up In the spring a big blla
sard cams along and for live days
there wasn't a chance for a game.
This discouraged Red, and with*
out ever, having had on the uni
form of the club that he belong
ed to, he deserted and went to
Grayling, Mich.
Red caught for the club at
Grayling for a month, and then he
had a chance to go to Cheboygan,
also in Michigan, and work In a
paper mill while playing ball. Me
grabbed the opportunity. Me
spent a month at Cheboygan and
then went to the Canadian “Poo,”
which waa trying to wrest the
championship es the '‘Poos" from
the American side. After the Ca
nucks had beat the Americans cut
es the title and a few hundred dol
lars that went with it. Red joined
the American Pooitee on a trip
through the upper peninsula.
When hs came to Negaunee in
the iron country he was Induced
to stop off there and join that
club, which was In a regular
league at that time. While at Me
gan use Red joined an aggregation
of Bloomer Girls. First pitched
against the Negaunee ssssnd team
and won his gams. Later he play
ed second base for the girls, but
when at Munlaing he deserted
them and went back to Negaunee.
Ms finished the.season with the
Edited be
Rttbh L. Yonker
/J BALL PARK. \
MAYOR REAP*:.'
Then the ticket scandal broke. The
Chicago club came home to play the
first game in Chicago.
Mayor Basse was ready. He had
ordered 400 policemen on foot, and a
big squad of mounted police to block
the streets leading to the Cub park,
to prevent the game because of al
leged violations of building and other
laws, and because of the scalping out
rage.
There was consternation in the Cub
Harry Coveleskie’s Ambition
Is to Retire From Game Rich
Frem a Staff Correspondent.
GULFPORT, Miss., March A —
Harry Coveleskie considers baseball
a business and he little carts where
he plays as long as he gets the money
that to coming te him. Furthermore,
he wIU save a good share of what he
gets, since It to his ambition to re
tire from the game wealthy enough
to be able to keep himself and family
oomfortably.
Coveleskie comes from a thrifty
Polish family. He has learned the
habits of economy since boyhood. He
haa learned the value of money and
English stylists try to Inculcate gen
eralship sad to teach that brains, as
well as the hands, tyres and feet are a
factor In flattens.”
White Welsh has some baste for his
argument from a theoretical and sci
on tlflo standpoint, the treatment of
himself and his countrymen by Amer
ican boners should tend to nullify his
contentions to a considerable degree.
Had Welsh beaten Duffy Thursday
night hte remarks anent the absence
of ring generalship in American fight
ers might have carried more weight.
Jack Dillon, middleweight claimant,
will meet Fireman Jim Flynn before a
Kansas City club, March 3.
That Dillon don’t fear Flynn, despite
the fact that the fireman carries a big
weight advantage, to worn by the
fact that he has signed to meet Jack
Lester, another light heavyweight, at
Denver, March 10.
Jimmy Walters, Dillon’s manager,
la a letter to the writer, says that
Jack haa been forced to climb ont of
hte class to get something to do, the
middles showing a decided disinclina
tion to mix things with the Indian
apolis boy.
Dillon hasn’t any too good an opin
ion of the tastes of Detroit and Wind
sor fans. He cannot understand why
a crowd gote sore at a man because
he demonstrates fate superiority over
another and still retrains from putting
over the K. O. He suggests that the
bugs hereabouts would be better sat
isfied If the combatants were armed
with axee instead of Bos. gloves.
Battle Creek eteh In the Booth
Michigan, then went Back te No-
S Runes for a while and Completed
le year's work. with the Rapid
River elute
Frem then on hie reel carter In
professional ball benatn. He
satried the season of 1910 with Bat
tle Creek* went te Indianapolis,
wae farmed out te Springfield* 0*
wae shuttled back and forth Be
tween that etty and Indianapolis
for a while, and then was drafted
by New York. The Yankeee never
claimed him, however, as he wae
traded te Detroit for Inflsldsr Der
rick. YONKBR.
Coveleskie Afraid to Be
Miner, Goes Into Baseball
From s Staff Correspondent.
GdLFPORT, Miss., March 1, —Harry Coveleskie Is In baseball because
he waa afraid to go down Into* a coal mine to work and be ad
mitted It.
Covle comes from a family of miners. His father worked for ft years
In coal mines near Shamokln. His three brothers worked In the mines
with their father. But Harry waa always afraid to go down Into the
depths of the earth and be admitted it in the face of the laughter of the
rugged men who made their living In the bowels of the earth.
Harry worked on the surface to help support the family. His father
told him many times that he had never had a single narrow escape. How
ever. Harry believed and still bellevss that his father said that to keep
his mother and him from worrying and that he did at times come near
to depth. L .
All four of the Coveleskie boys got Into baseball. Stanley was picked
op by the Athletics and he pitched one game for Philadelphia against
Detroit at Detroit a year or so ago, winning 3to 1. He was later farmed
to a Pacific Coast club.
As soon as tbs Covelesk! boys began earning good salaries in base
ball, their father retired. He Is aow a man 70 years old.
ALL KINDS
management In that dilemma one
man rose to the emergency. He was
Secretary Charles Williams, who re*
cently left the Cuba and went to the
Chicago Federal leaguers. Williams
went to Ed Brundage, then high In
political circles and pleaded with him
to intercede with the mayor. Brun
dage appealed to Mayor Basse, and,
at the hist minute the order was can
celled and the world’s series was per
mitted to proceed.
he hangs on to what he gets with rea
sonable care, although nobody has ac
cused him of being miserly.
Coyle seems to be a second edition
of Sam Crawford as far as his habits
of life are concerned. He is quiet
and reserved. He keeps out of the
poker games because he doesn’t care
for cards. The fact that Gulfport is
a dry town doesn’t bother him any
for he doesn’t care for carousing. He
Is a home man and the sooner the
training trip Is oyer and the quicker
he and his little wife can get settled
la their summer home, the better he
will like it. YONKER.
M.A.C. MEETS *T
TUESDAY NIGHT
Farmers WiD Attempt To Obtain
Revenge for Former Defeat
In Game Tomorrow
Flushed with victory ns n result of
n successful trip through Ohio, M. A.
C. basketball men will attempt to get
revenge for the two-point defeat ad
ministered to them earlier In the sea
son by the Detroit ”Y.”
M. A. C. end *‘Y" will meet In the
“Y” gym Tuesday evening and, as a
result of the bitter rivalry between
the two aggregations, some splendid
basketball 1s expected.
The framers arrived in the city Sat
urday evening and It is likely that
they will go into the game Tuesday
night without further practice.
Coach Macklln is said to have de
veloped anew system of team play
upon which he to pinning his hopes
of retrieving the former defeat hand
ed his men by the Detroit boys-
Coach Macklln brought with him
the following men: Forwards—Gau
thier, Hewitt, Miller and Vats; cen
ter, Frimodtg; guards, Miller, Reyn
olds and McClellan; reserves, Miller
end Peppard.
Cept. Ernie Wilson will be out of
Hlg gilfig fur the “Y.* Coach Hueb
ner will send his men Into the game
as follows: Forwards, Button and
Boosey; center, Krlets; guards, Maa
er and Vinton; reserves, Schneider,
Bush and Wilson.
MOTORCYCLE NOTES.
There to a rapid increase In the
use of motorcycles in ths province of
Nova Scotia.
According to conservative estimates
there are now 225,000 motorcycles in
us# in the United States.
Harley Hawkins, of Columbus, N.
J., says he has ridden his 1912 model
motorcycle about 10,000 mils#,' and
that It to still in excellent condition
Columbus, Ohio, police department
has a flying squadron of seven mo
torcyclists.
FRESH BREEZES FROM DIXIE
CAMPS CLEAN BASEBALL AR
11 DRIVERS IN
500-MILE RACE
ARE SIGNED UP
Expect Field of 40 Before En
tries for Big Speedway
Event Closes
BOILLOT, GOUX'S PARTNER,
DRAWS THE LUCKY SEVEN
Elimination Trials Will Be Held
Before Race to Reduce the
Number of Contestants
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 3.
With the receipt of signed entry blanks
from Jules Qoux, winner of last year’s
contest, and his famous teammate.
Georges Boillot, the champion driver
of Europe, together with the cabled re
port that the contracts of Jean Chas
sagne, holder of the world’s hour rec
ord; of Guyot, runner-up in the Grand
Prix of Le Mans last fall, and of
Christlaena, the famous Belgian, are
In the mail, the management of the
Indianapolis motor speedway finds the
entry list for its next 500-mile race,
three months hence. Increased to s
total of 11. The field now stands as
follows:
No. Car. Driver.
1. Bunnan .Burman
2. Stutz Cooper
3. Stuti Anderson
4. Gray Fox Wilcox
5. Bullet Keene
6. Peugeot Guox
7. Peugeot Boillot
9. Sunbeam Chaasagne
10. Delage Guyot
12. Excelsior Christiaans
17. Burman No Name
It will be noted that in the allot
ment of numbers Boillot drew lucky
seven. Inasmuch as he. In all proba
bility, will be the public favorite, this
stroke of chance seems quite apropos.
No. eight has not been given out yet.
being reserved for the Maxwell team,
which, probably all the more because
it is dickering with Joe Dawson wno
drove It to victory in 1912, is counting
on its lucky Influence for aid. No.
eleven is never used, because of its
confusing resemblance to one. Thir
teen ia scratched for obvious reasons.
At the present rate of increase the
field promises to reach a total of 40
well before the entry list closes, May
i. Inasmuch as only 30 cars will be
allowed to start, it seems entirely
probable that an elimination series
will have to be held to determine the
final line-up. Speed will be the sole
deciding factor in the preliminary
struggle, the 30 fastest machines sur
viving.
Among those who are expected to
be added to the field very shortly ars
Pilette and De Palma, In Mercedes;
Bablot and Toft, in Delages; Du ray,
in a third Peugeot; Nazzarro, in a car
of bis own; Grant, in a Sunbeam;
Marquis and Gilhooley, in lsottas;
Oldfield, Wishart and Bullen in Mer
cers; Dawson Mulford, Dlsbrow.
Hearae, and <nauy others.
Tiger Tales
From a Staff Correspondant.
GULFPORT, Miss., March 2.
Ralph Comstock Is fast gaining the
refutation of being one of the prize
story-tellers of the Tiger outfit.
Here la one of his tales:
••The training for the Minneapolis
rn.t HMmin Kt.. consists in
splitting enough wood to keep warm.
One year 1 had enough split up ahead
of time to last all the next season.
But a flood came up before we got
back there and carried all the wood
out into the lake and we had to pick
It up In a boat”
It la quite a fad for visitors from
Detroit at New Orleans, to drop over
for « day or so at Gulfport for n visit
with the Tigers here. Manager Jen
nings is greeting old frienda continu
ally. He claims that he remembers
them all perfectly but some have
their doubt
If Claude Williams, the little south
paw from the Nashville club, Is sent
back to the minors, he wants to go
to some other league than the South
ern. He says that the heat In the
south Is too much for him, and that
ha can’t do his beat work. His homo
Is In Bpringfield, Mo.
The horde of young pitchers have
been keeping Jim McGuire and Red
McKee busy and they are hoping for
relief when Stallage and Baker come
and the pltchera begin pitching to
betters. TONKBR -
Pennant Winners of Itl4.
(By Fullerton.)
American league—Frank Chance,
New York.
National league—Charlie Herzog,
Cincinnati.
Federal league—St. Louis, Mordecsl
Brown; Chicago, Joe Tinker; Indian
spoilt. BUI Phillips; Baltimore, Otto
Knabe, tied.
American association—Jim Sbeck
ard, Cleveland.
Coast league—Del Howard, Baa
Francisco.
They*rf good fellows and our
friends. what’s dope between friends?
W. B. Moyer, of Washington, HL, re
cently rode his motorcycle from Wash
ington to Aberdeen, 8. D. He made
the iJNmtle trip In five days.
And Honest?
Is .
Opinfaw
Enough of Ntws About Murphy
and Scandal—Now For the
Real Sport
FEDERALS HAVE HAD TO *
HARM NATIONAL GAME
In Order To Fight Thtjr Had To
Show Up Soma of Grant's
Politics . *£
Bg RALPH L. YORKER
Gulfport, miss, March s.—it is
well that the magnates of or
ganised basebsll decided to
send their teams south early this
spring for preliminary training. For
the pure, warm brasses from the
Dixie camps era cleansing the Aegean
garages of organised baseball north
of the Mason and Dixon line.
This Is the time of the year when
all baseball news from the south Is
fresh, clean and Inspiring. Every
veteran never was in better shape
since he broke Into the big league
Legs strong, eye clear, arm—well, a
little slow, y’know, hut coming
around nicely, thank yon.
Breathes there a vet with soul as
dead who never to himself hath said,
’’Never felt better In all my llfaT”
Whose pep hath ne’er within him
burned as south his Pullman car has
turned from a winter of magnuts’
strife?
The youngsters are all the finest
prospects In the world at this time
of the year, too, you aee. They
wouldn’t have been picked to try
out with major league clubs if they
didn’t have recorda that entitled
them to excellent chances of making
good. Furthermore, the ravages
made in the regular ranks by the
Federals have left many more plaeS*
than usual open. The youngster Is
brimful of enthusiasm.
Also, because he is younger than
the regular members of the club he
gets Into shape more quickly anil
toon la showing the old fellowa up
with his speed and curves. Several
years before the National league
started to throw out Charlie Mur
phy, Cicero handed out a warning
for recruits which Charlie Wheatley
failed to get: ”It to a truth but tbo
well known, that rashness attends
youth, as prudence does old age."*
But In spite of little thorflfc tike
i these warnings in the path and 'ln
spite of sore arms and legs, every
body is happy* The managers are all
winning pennants or climbing from
the second into the first division,
j All this Is well, for the talk about
baseball is conducted In terms of
base hits, stolen bases, balks, errors,
speed and curves and not in terms
of dollars, salaries, contracts, re
serve clauses, and court suits,
j The past winter has seen mors
printed about baseball than any othei
In history probably and yet It is
doubtful If any other has dona more
I harm to the gams. What General
Sherman said about war to as trus
of conflicts In baseball politics as It
is In international strife.
The public should not be concern
ed in the businees end of the grade.
•it is the sport end not the tadnifei
jthst It 1» end should be moat In
terested In. But one of the neces
sary evils of the baseball war, aepg£
dally with men like Murphy and Bb
betts in the battle. Is publicity on
I the disagreeable parts of the game.
I The Federals have carried on a
shrewd fight, however. Whatever the
magnates of the organised game may
■ay about not fearing them, they
have disrupted the game. Telk about
fording the affair Into court to wild,
for nobody wants tbs baseball sit
uation to be threshed out before
Judges and Juries. The Fads may
keep up their bluff of taking things
to court, however, to force conces
sion* from (fid FdfUTAFI, JUBI SI they
hove forced the regulars to suit up
sod take notice by taking some of
their best plsyers away from them.
For men without any experience In
baseball, like Gilmore, Weeghmma
and others, the powers behind In the
new league have struck with un
canny certainty at the weaknesses'of
the organised game.
Os course. It was not hard to plsk
the National league as tbs on# to
hit and hit bard. Anybody who
knew anything about tba game at
all would know enough to de that
But notice the moves of the Feds
In securing men. They grabbed
Tinker when ,he wag sore end raw
at being laid off eold after a hot year
at Cincinnati. They called Bbbetts’
”$25,000 advertising bluff” end got
Tinker, who to the corner stone oe
which the league bra been - built.
That was the master stroke, the mak
ing of Tinker Chicago manager.
Otto Knabe, of the Phillies, was
dissatisfied because he wasn’t sent to
Cincinnati as manager. The Feder
als knew him to be approachable.
They made him Baltimore manager,
Gilmore and Oeeghman depart mys
teriously for New York jnst before
the time when Murphy announces
there the deposition or Wen. Off.
more and Weeghman make a con
sistent effort to get Wen and plant
a club In Brooklyn at the same time.
They scare Charlie Bbbetts Into
letting the Newark chib come to
Brooklyn and they frighten Charlie
Somers into letting Toledo g» to
Cleveland so that Naplaad may have
continuous basebsll.
Until the Feds are vfetortoua or
defected there will be more or Ism
politics mingled In the day’s base
hall news but the stories of the
games and the players will evar
: shadow those about money.
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